Английская Википедия:2008 NIRSA National Soccer Championship

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Шаблон:Infobox sports season The 2008 NIRSA national soccer championship was the 15th NIRSA National Soccer Championships, the annual national championships for United States-based, collegiate club soccer teams organized by NIRSA. It took place at the University of Alabama, in Tuscaloosa, Alabama from Thursday, November 20 to Saturday, November 22, 2008.

Overview

In the men's championship finals, 2004 runners-up Colorado State would face finals debutants Indiana ensuring the men's championship division would crown a new winner. Coming into the finals, both teams tied a group stage game: Colorado State in their opener against Ohio State and Indiana in their finale against Florida. In the knockout round, Colorado State would beat North Carolina then 2000 champion Penn State, both by a score of 1-0, followed by a 2-1 overtime win over USC in the semifinals. Meanwhile, after winning their round of 16 match against Minnesota 3-0, Indiana would require penalty kicks to decide their next two matches: first against UW-Milwaukee in the quarterfinals with a score of 6-5 after seven kicks following a 0-0 score in regulation and then against Ohio State in the semifinals with a score of 7-6 following a 1-1 score in regulation. In the finals, Indiana would open the scoring in via a goal in the 3rd minute from eventual tournament MVP Samuel Delisio. This would prove to be the only goal of the game and would see Indiana win 1-0 and claim their first national title.

In the women's championship finals, reigning champions UC-Santa Barbara would face finals debutants Arizona. Coming into the finals, UC-Santa Barbara would win all three group stage matches by an average margin of 5 goals while not conceding a goal in any of their games. In the knockout round, they'd beat four-time champion Colorado 2-0 in the quarterfinals but would require overtime in a 2-1 win over 2001 champions Penn State. Meanwhile, Arizona would win their first match against Michigan State 1-0, tie Colorado State 0-0 then lose to Penn State 1-0, advancing to the knockout round over Michigan State on the head-to-head tiebreaker. In the knockout round, Arizona would beat 2005 champion Michigan 2-1 in the quarterfinals then would require penalties against Dayton in the semifinals after a 0-0 score following regulation and overtime. They would win the shoot-out 4-2. In the finals, UC-Santa Barbara would open the scoring with a goal from eventual MVP Allie Browne in the 16th minute. They would then score the next three goals of the match in the 40th minute from Hannah Sasson, in the 46th minute from Natalie Lemonnier, and in the 75th minute from Shelly Murphy. A goal from Kara Mallari in the 76th minute from Arizona would be the last goal of the game as UC-Santa Barbara would win 4-1 and win their third national title; all within the last five years. This title would also mean UC-Santa Barbara would become the only outright women's championship back to back champion (Michigan would win back to back titles in 2004 and 2005, but the 2004 was not an outright title).

In the men's open finals, 2005 runners-up UC-Berkeley would face finals debutants Northern Iowa. While both teams began in group D, due to the format of the tournament this would be their first matchup. Coming into the finals, both teams would beat Minnesota State and Central Washington in the group stage; but, while UC-Berkeley would beat San Diego State 1-0 in their opener, Northern Iowa lose to them 2-0 in their group stage finale. In the knockout round, both teams would require overtime in the quarterfinals: UC-Berkeley would beat Alabama 3-2 in overtime while Northern Iowa would beat Villanova 4-2 in penalties after a 1-1 draw following regulation and overtime. Both teams would win their semifinal matchup 4-1 with UC-Berkeley's win over Virginia Tech and Northern Iowa's over Kansas. In the finals, UC-Berkeley would go on to beat Northern Iowa 5-0, claiming their first men's open title. UC-Berkeley's Ben Smith would go on to be named men's open MVP.

In the women's open finals, two finals debutants would face off: UCLA and East Carolina. Coming into the finals, would win all three group stage games while East Carolina would tie their opener to JMU 0-0 but would win their next two and would be a wild-card team after losing the automatic knockout round bid to JMU on goal difference. In the knockout round, UCLA would win their quarterfinal and semifinal matchups 3-1 against MTSU and JMU respectively while East Carolina would win their quarterfinal and semifinal matchups 1-0 over Towson and UC-Berkeley respectively. In the finals, UCLA would go on to win 2-0 and claim their first women's open title. UCLA's Kyrstie Wade would be named women's open MVP.

Format

The competition consisted of 77 teams: 40 championship teams and 37 open teams. The divisions were further divided into a men's and women's division: 24 men's and 16 women's teams in the championship division and 19 women's and 18 men's teams in the open division. The divisions were then further divided into groups: eight groups of three teams in the men's championship, four teams of four teams in the women's championship, three groups of four plus two groups of three in the men's open, and four groups of four plus one group of 3 in the women's open with all four divisions engaging in a round-robin tournament that determined teams able to advance to a knockout stage. In all but the three team groups in the men's open division, each team played each other team in their group once while the two three-team groups in the men's open played every team in the opposing three-team group once. Pool play games were two 40-minute halves, separated by a seven-minute halftime and utilized the three points for a win system. After group stage play, the two highest ranked teams from each group in the championship division advanced to their respective knockout stage, with the third placed team in the men's championship advancing to a consolation bracket and the third and fourth placed teams in the women's championship being eliminated. In the open divisions, each pool winner automatically advanced in addition to three additional wild-card teams. Positions 1 and 8 were given to first place teams in groups that didn't have a wild-card team in order of tie-breaking procedures, positions 2, 6, and 7 were given to wild-card teams in order of tie-breaking procedures, and positions 5, 3, and 4 were given to the pool winners from the pools of the 2, 6, and 7 positioned wild-card teams, respectively.

Tie-breaking criteria for group play

The ranking of teams in each group was based on the following criteria in order: Highest number of points Winner of head-to-head competition Greatest goal difference Maximum ± 5 goal difference per match Most goals scored Most shutouts In a tie breaking scenario involving more than 2 teams, the tiebreaker procedure would begin. If one team is identified as different and both remaining teams are still tied, the tie breaker procedure is restarted. If a tie still remained after the first 5 criteria, the following was used to break a tie: NCAA kicks from the mark If there was a three-way tie, a coin-flip would be conducted. The two teams that chose the same outcome would compete in kicks from the mark between each other. The winner would compete with the last remaining team in kicks from the mark If there's a four-way tie, a drawing of lots would be conducted (only could occur in open division)

Knockout stage games also consisted of two 40-minute halves. The round of 16 and quarterfinals were separated by a seven-minute halftime while the semifinals and finals had a ten-minute halftime. Knockout stage games needed to declare a winner, therefore if a game was tied at the end of regulation, one 15-minute, golden-goal overtime period would begin. If still tied after overtime, kicks from the mark would determine the winner.

Qualification and selections

Each of the six regions received three automatic bids for the men's championship division and two automatic bids for the women's championship that they awarded to its members. The final bids for each division were considered "at-large", and were given out by NIRSA to teams, typically based on their regional tournament results and RPI.

The remaining teams participated in the open division, chosen on a first-come first-serve basis via online registration beginning on September 12, 2008.

Men's championship

Participating teams

Region	Team	Appearance	Last Bid
I	Penn State	9th	2007
I	Penn	4th	2007
I	Johns Hopkins	1st	Never
II	North Carolina	7th	2006
II	Virginia	4th	2005
II	Florida	3rd	2004
III	Indiana	5th	2007
III	Ohio State	5th	2007
III	Michigan State	3rd	2004
III	UW-Milwaukee	2nd	2007
III	UW-Eau Claire	1st	Never
IV	Texas A&M	9th	2007
IV	Baylor	3rd	1998
IV	Missouri	3rd	2006
IV	Texas State	1st	Never
V	Colorado State	12th	2007
V	Colorado	9th	2006
V	Minnesota	7th	2007
V	North Dakota State	1st	Never
VI	Arizona	8th	2007
VI	UC-Santa Barabara	6th	2007
VI	Oregon	5th	2006
VI	UCLA	2nd	2007
VI	Southern Cal (USC)	1st	Never

Women's championship

Participating teams

Region	Team	Appearance	Last Bid
I	Penn State	14th	2007
I	Cornell	3rd	2007
I	Boston College	2nd	2006
II	Virginia Tech	8th	2007
II	Florida	7th	2005
II	North Carolina	6th	2007
III	Michigan	10th	2007
III	Michigan State	6th	2007
III	Dayton	4th	2006
IV	Baylor	6th	2004
IV	UTSA	1st	Never
V	Colorado	14th	2007
V	Colorado State	12th	2007
VI	San Diego State	8th	2007
VI	UC-Santa Barbara	8th	2007
VI	Arizona	4th	2006

Men's open

Participating teams

Region	Num	Team
I	2	Towson, Villanova
II	7	Alabama, JMU, Auburn, Georgia, UCF, Virginia Tech, Samford
III	0	-
IV	2	Kansas, UL-Lafayette
V	4	Air Force, Minnesota State, Northern Iowa, Iowa State
VI	3	San Diego State, Central Washington, UC-Berkeley

Women's open

Participating teams

Region	Num	Team
I	2	Towson, Villanova
II	7	MTSU, Alabama, Virginia, JMU, Miami (FL), East Carolina, UCF
III	1	Illinois
IV	4	Truman State, Texas State, Missouri, Kansas
V	3	Colorado State, Iowa State, Colorado
VI	2	UC-Berkeley, UCLA

Group stage

Men's championship

Group A

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Texas State	2	2	0	0	4	1	+3	6	Advanced to knockout stage
2	Minnesota	2	1	0	1	3	3	0	3
3	Arizona	2	0	0	2	2	5	-3	0	Consolation

Group B

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	North Carolina	2	1	1	0	5	2	+3	4	Advanced to knockout stage
2	Missouri	2	0	2	0	3	3	0	2
3	UCLA	2	0	1	1	3	6	-3	1	Consolation

Group C

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Ohio State	2	1	1	0	4	2	+2	4	Advanced to knockout stage
2	Colorado State	2	1	1	0	2	1	+1	4
3	Oregon	2	0	0	2	3	6	-3	0	Consolation

Group D

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Indiana	2	1	1	0	3	1	+2	4	Advanced to knockout stage
2	Florida	2	0	2	0	2	2	0	2
3	Johns Hopkins	2	0	1	1	1	3	-2	1	Consolation

Group E

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Michigan State	2	2	0	0	7	1	+6	6	Advanced to knockout stage
2	Texas A&M	2	0	1	1	1	2	-1	1
3	UPenn	2	0	1	1	0	5	-5	1	Consolation

Group F

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Colorado	2	1	1	0	6	1	+5	4	Advanced to knockout stage
2	Virginia	2	0	2	0	3	3	0	2
3	UW-Eau Claire	2	0	1	1	2	7	-5	1	Consolation

Group G

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Penn State	2	1	1	0	4	3	+1	4	Advanced to knockout stage
2	UC-Santa Barbara	2	1	1	0	1	0	+1	4
3	Baylor	2	0	0	2	3	5	-2	0	Consolation

Group H

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Southern Cal (USC)	2	2	0	0	4	1	+3	6	Advanced to knockout stage
2	UW Milwaukee	2	1	0	1	3	3	0	3
3	North Dakota St. (NDSU)	2	0	0	2	0	3	-3	0	Consolation

Women's championship

Group A

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Penn State	3	2	0	1	4	2	+2	6	Advanced to knockout stage
2	Arizona	3	1	1	1	1	1	0	4
3	Michigan State	3	1	1	1	1	1	0	4
4	Colorado State	3	0	2	1	1	3	-2	2

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Group B

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Michigan	3	3	0	0	7	1	+6	9	Advanced to knockout stage
2	SDSU	3	2	0	1	3	3	0	6
3	Virginia Tech	3	1	0	2	4	2	+2	3
4	UTSA	3	0	0	3	0	8	-8	0

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Group C

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	UC-Santa Barbara	3	3	0	0	15	0	+12	9	Advanced to knockout stage
2	Dayton	3	2	0	1	4	3	+1	6
3	Boston College	3	1	0	2	1	6	-5	3
4	North Carolina	3	0	0	3	1	12	-8	0

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Group D

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Baylor	3	1	2	0	5	4	+1	5	Advanced to knockout stage
2	Colorado	3	1	1	1	5	3	+2	4
3	Florida	3	0	3	0	5	5	0	3
4	Cornell	3	0	2	1	3	6	-3	2

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Men's open

Group A

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Alabama	3	2	1	0	5	1	+4	7	Advanced to knockout stage
2	Kansas	3	2	0	1	5	3	+2	6
3	Towson	3	0	2	1	3	5	-2	2
4	Air Force	3	0	1	2	2	6	-4	1

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Group C

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	UL-Lafayette	3	2	0	1	5	6	-1	6	Advanced to knockout stage
2	Georgia	3	1	1	1	2	2	0	4
3	JMU	3	1	1	1	1	2	-1	4
4	Auburn	3	1	0	2	5	3	+2	3

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Group E

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Villanova	3	2	1	0	5	2	+3	7	Advanced to knockout stage
2	Virginia Tech	3	1	2	0	2	1	+1	5
3	Iowa State	3	1	1	1	2	2	0	4
4	Samford	3	0	0	3	0	4	-4	0

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Merged groups

Group B
Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	San Diego State	3	2	0	1	6	1	+5	6	Advanced to knockout stage
2	Central Washington	3	1	0	2	6	7	-1	3
3	Minnesota State	3	0	0	3	0	11	-11	0
Group D
Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	UC-Berkeley	3	3	0	0	9	2	+7	9	Advanced to knockout stage
2	Northern Iowa	3	2	0	1	8	5	+3	6
3	UCF	3	1	0	2	2	5	-3	3

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Women's open

Group A

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Towson	3	3	0	0	8	0	+8	9	Advanced to knockout stage
2	MTSU	3	2	0	1	8	4	+4	6
3	Colorado State "Green"	3	1	0	2	4	7	-3	3
4	Iowa State	3	0	0	0	3	12	-9	0

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Group B

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Villanova	3	3	0	0	8	0	+8	9	Advanced to knockout stage
2	Illinois	3	2	0	1	6	1	+5	6
3	Truman State	3	0	1	2	2	8	-6	1
4	Alabama	3	0	1	2	2	9	-7	1

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Group C

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	UCLA	3	3	0	0	11	2	+9	9	Advanced to knockout stage
2	Colorado "Black"	3	2	0	1	4	2	+2	6
3	Kansas	3	1	0	2	10	7	0	3
4	UCF	3	0	0	0	2	16	-11	0

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Group D

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	UC-Berkeley	2	2	0	0	7	2	+6	9	Advanced to knockout stage
2	Texas State	2	0	1	1	2	3	0	4
3	Virginia	2	0	1	1	2	6	-3	4
4	Could not field team, all teams given +3 points and +1 GD

Group E

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	JMU	3	2	1	0	10	0	+9	7	Advanced to knockout stage
2	East Carolina	3	2	1	0	4	1	+3	7
3	Miami (FL)	3	1	0	2	3	9	-5	3
4	Missouri	3	0	0	3	1	8	-7	0

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Notes

• Many details obtained from the official blog, however a primary source and generally unreliable which is why it is left uncited.